The reminders are everywhere—television, radio, yard signs, and bumper stickers, to name a few. Though, we really need no reminder. We know that this November 6th is the Presidential Election. It is an important event for our nation. Some may assert that it is the most important election in our nation’s history.

Regardless, it is a fitting time to speak briefly about the role and responsibility of the Lutheran-Christian American as he or she lives here in the world where the church and the state often intersect. This is an especially relevant time as the church and the state recently intersected in the early part of this year when the United States government proposed a provision in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) mandating health plans of many religious employers to cover contraceptives, including emergency contraceptives that can act to cause abortions. This raises questions about religious liberty and the role of the government in matters of religion and the role of the church in matters of Christian citizenship. And so it is important to ask these two proactive questions given below: